New study finds popular zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke

A sugar replacement called erythritol -- used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products -- has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. Dr. Dhruv Khullar joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the study's findings.

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[mymatemartin]

Was the study sponsored by the Sugar industry??

[nooshinscorner]

Great information, but don't you think that there should be a link to the actual study? I mean, it wouldn't add on any more time to what you noted in the about section. A link to an actual study would give it credibility you know.

[AuthorLeoKing]

"It's correlation, not causation."

That should be one of the first things we read/hear, not click-bait titles meant to induce concern or even fear.

[jamesswanson]

He literally said correlation doesn't equal causation. Pause the handwaving

[l.ronhoyabembe]

Before everybody starts saying otherwise, erythritol is a natural substance. It occurs in certain fruits, molasses and even occurs in the human body too. Just because something is natural doesn't make it good. Just because something is artificial doesn't make it bad.

[polygonalmasonary]

Fact: 99% of people who died in car accidents cleaned their teeth that morning. That’s why I don’t clean my teeth anymore, too risky 😮😮😮

[eyehatemyjob]

Damn, this whole time I thought it was safe and effective.

[objection_your_honor]

I tried all of them only once.
They left a bad aftertaste in my mouth.
Long live honey. Everything in moderation.

[shawnnewell]

As a diabetic, I've been advised to either skip soda altogether or use the regular soda in small amounts. You can get 4 Oz. cans of soda. I usually go for unsweetened ice tea.

[nobodyknows]

I tried stevia once, and found that my taste buds largely failed to detect any sweetness. I was adding as many as 5-6 packets to a cup of coffee before the bitter taste of the coffee was going away a bit, but it still did not make the coffee taste sweet in the normal sense.

[LinkHylia]

Here is what I think. People who have a predisposition to developing CVD and stroke are already overweight and have preexisting diabetes. The sweetener isn't the problem, its peoples behavior concerning food consumption. Most people who have the formentioned conditions already overeat, these people use the sweetener thinking the foods containing them are "more healthy". So, these people actually eat much more food without considering the other things in the food such as starch and fats which contribute to both increased glycemic load and increased cholesterol.

[lauratomczak]

FDA doesn't give a F about us people. We are in our own

[arcturionblade]

Damn. My boss just died of a heart attack and he would always rant and rave about being on the Keto diet for the past few years. I wonder if this did him in? He wasn't even that far long in age (just 62 years old).

[juliaboyles]

Simple answer to avoiding this sweetener in other sorts of zero calorie ones like Splenda or Stevia. Use the liquid drops versions of them, which also eliminates the maltodextrin that is also used to bulk up the dry versions of these products. The Splenda drops has neither erythritol nor maltodextrin so this criticism of that product isn't accurate.The dry or granular version has maltodextrin and only the stevia version has the erythritol which is most likely used to counter the slight bitter aftertaste most stevia products have.

[Alex-qhwn]

if you're a diabetic your risk for heart problems will be higher... and those people happen to use artificial sweeteners. I think the actual study would clarify how they made the connection.

[pcmlc]

Huh. So now it's sweetener. And eggs. And grapefruit. And exercise. And video games.

*And not the obvious thing that's causing this spike in heart attacks.*

[dontfallvictim]

Why don't you report on the new information of heart attacks by covid vaccines?

[evanmayer]

If you are going to report on studies like this, please link the study in question. I also realize properly providing context doesn't fit with clickbait, but for the headline-only readers of the world, this constitutes misinformation in my eyes.

[migm]

I see comments saying, " Oh, just avoid it." No, that's not the point the point is that why would they put a product out that directly causes harm to us. I'm so tired of dam near every food product we are NOW finding out is dangerous like everything even Poptarts are illegal overseas. Like wth is going on!

[KrosanBeast]

Let this be a lesson... Natural Sugar: good, man-made sweeteners: bad